In order to reach southeast France, southeast Germany, and the southeast corner of Britain, the dust plume has been traversing most of Spain.
Nevertheless, it also resulted in air pollution of “PM10” particles, which are minuscule enough to breathe in, surpassing in certain areas the safe threshold set by the EU.
Residents in south and eastern Spain were breathing in particularly dirty air, with PM10 concentrations four times higher than advised.
The third installment of this kind to air in Europe in recent weeks is the most recent one, which began airing on April 6.
The current dust cloud has been described as extremely severe by the EU’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS).
Although some dust was seen on cars in Scandinavia in March, the two preceding dust clouds lingered mainly farther south, over the Mediterranean and southern Europe.
